BANDOLERO Hell-bent on a spree of murder and mayhem, the infamous Juan Rubio Latorro, El Bandolero, strikes terror into the hearts of the innocent and bathes the west in blood. Unstoppable, he robs and kills with impunity, leaving a trail of broken bodies and destruction in his wake. That is, until he kidnaps the daughter of a powerful rancher and gets man-hunter Wade Rannigan on his trail. But Wade is a man saddled with a death wish. Haunted by his past, he becomes reckless and bitter and is plagued by mistakes and foolish risks-the perfect target for a master bandit like Latorro. Can Wade overcome the odds and his own failings and still bring Latorro to justice? Or will he wind up just another victim of the deadly El Bandolero? Hell-bent on a spree of murder and mayhem, the infamous Juan Rubio Latorro, El Bandolero, strikes terror into the hearts of the innocent and bathes the west in blood. Unstoppable, he robs and kills with impunity, leaving a trail of broken bodies and destruction in his wake. That is, until he kidnaps the daughter of a powerful rancher and gets man-hunter Wade Rannigan on his trail. But Wade is a man saddled with a death wish. Haunted by his past, he becomes reckless and bitter and is plagued by mistakes and foolish risks-the perfect target for a master bandit like Latorro. Can Wade overcome the odds and his own failings and still bring Latorro to justice? Or will he wind up just another victim of the deadly El Bandolero? ABOUT THE AUTHOR Howard Hopkins began his writing career in the late 1980s. He discovered his love of writing after high school when he began collecting pulp magazines and paperbacks. His interest in pulp magazines led him to write for one. He produced and edited Golden Perils, a journal for fans of the magazines, and went on to produce other "fanzines." Mr. Hopkins wrote his first western, "Blood on the Saddle," Saddle," in 1993. Since that time, using the pen name Lance Howard for westerns and writing horror stories under his own name, Mr. Hopkins has written more than 70 westerns, horror stories, and the two children's series- The Chloe Files and The Nightmare Club.